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From Around the 12th Century, Mummies were Ground into a Powder as a Cure for Various Illnesses

11 Mar

From Around the 12th Century, Mummies were Ground into a Powder as a Cure for Various Illnesses

Nothing like a bit of medicinal cannibalism t wake you up in the morning eh? Unbelievable as it may seem, this practice continued right up until the 18th Century when public opinion turned against it’s use.

The First Written Language, Called Cuneiform Script, was Developed by the Sumerian Civilization.

9 Mar

The First Written Language, Called Cuneiform Script, was Developed by the Sumerian Civilization.

This particular form of writing evolved around the 34th Century BC from a Mesopotamian form of counting that has been dated back even further than that; as early as 8,000 BC! You know when they talk about ancient Aramaic in the movies; this is way older.

In 2009 the World Record for Domino Toppling was Broken by Toppling Nearly 4.5 Million Dominoes.

23 Feb

In 2009 the World Record for Domino Toppling was Broken by Toppling Nearly 4.5 Million Dominoes.

Clearly some people have way too much time on their hands but it’s an incredible thing to watch.  The attempt was made at the annual ‘Domino Day’ event in the Netherlands and although part of the final section didn’t fall, 4,491,863 of the 4.8 million stones (dominoes) fell, smashing the previous record of 4,079,381 stones.
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The record for most performances in porno is held by Ron Jeremy with over 2000 appearances.

28 Jan

The record for most performances in porno is held by Ron Jeremy with over 2000 appearances.

This comes from the Internet Adult Film Database where his entry lists over 2000 performances and on top of that he’s directed a further 281. You might think that’s a pretty ropey affair but Jeremy maintains that violent video games are far worse than porn although that doesn’t explain why he gave the okay for his effigy to be used in the PlayStation 2 classic ‘Celebrity Deathmatch’ .

The world record holder for fastest guitarist played Flight Of The Bumblebee at 320bpm. That’s 21.3 notes per second!

21 Jan

The world record holder for fastest guitarist played Flight Of The Bumblebee at 320bpm.  That’s 21.3 notes per second!

At that speed it’s hard to tell whether it’s good or bad to be honest. All you know is it’s fast. Faster than the dude with the knives on Heroes.

OMGFacts is gone and Dr. Martin Luther King did not spend his last night on Earth having sex with two women.

19 Jan

OMGFacts is gone and Dr. Martin Luther King did not spend his last night on Earth having sex with two women.

Okay,..that doesn’t seem like much of a fact right? Well, this isn’t one of my regular posts.
For those who don’t know @OMGFacts, you’d probably be interested to know that they are the most retweeted user on Twitter. In their own words..
“Apparently people like to know pointless things.”
Well it turns out not everything is [...]

In 2004, David Bowie was nearly blinded when a fan threw a lollipop in his eye.

17 Jan

In 2004, David Bowie was nearly blinded when a fan threw a lollipop in his eye.

As if it weren’t enough that pop oddity Bowie is most fondly remembered as the makeup clad he-she Ziggy Stardust, in June ‘04 the poor guy took a Chupa-Chups to the eye like a dart.  I’ve heard of ‘nose candy’ but never ‘eye candy’!
Whilst Bowie was playing a gig in Oslo, Norway, the presumably crazed [...]

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